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ALBUM STAND.

No. 498,173. Patented May 23, 1893'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE J. KRAUSHAAR OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

V ALBUM-STAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 498,173, dated May 23,1893.

Application filed April 21, 1891. Serial No. 389,787. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. KRAUSHAAR, of Cleveland, in the county ofOuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Album-Stands; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters and numerals of referencemarked thereon, which form part of this specification, in which- IFigure 1 is a side View and Fig. 2 central vertical sectional view of myimproved stand or case. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the case with the coveror top removed. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view of thedevices for securing the feet in position. Fig. 5 is a detail sectionalview of a modification. Fig. 6 is a detail view of one of the castings.

This invention is an improvement in comblned revolving stands or casesand lamp supports, and it consistsin the novel construction andcombination of parts hereinafter clearly described and claimed.Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the case proper whichmay be rectan gular, hexagonal, octagonal, &;c., in plan and as shown insquare.

B, B designate parallel, vertical partitions running transversely of thecase, and B is a third partition extending transversely of the case andat right angles to partitions B, B as shown which it may intersect.These partitions lie parallel with the adjoining edges of the top andbottom pieces A A of the case as shown, and divide the case into fourcompartments 1, 2, 3, 4, the largest 1, being surrounded on three sidesby the exterior compartments 2, 3, 4, as shown. Access is had tocompartment 1 by means of a door 0 hinged to the bottom A at the side ofthe case opposite compartment 3 and between compartments 2 and 4. Thedoor is provided with curved straps O, which, when the door is lowered,uphold it in a horizontal position as indicated.- At the corners of thecase, posts or ornamental pillars a, a, may be arranged as indicated,and separated from the compartments by vertical portions 2) which may beextensions of the partitions where they intersect. The severalcompartments 2, 3 and 4 open at the sides of the case, and are closedrespectively by doors D, E, F, as shown, which are and in order tosupport the open leaves thereof I provide each door with a U-shaped rodor wire G the legs of which engage grooved strips g attached to theinner faces of the doors, so that when the album is closed the rod maybe slid in out of the way, or extended as indicated in the drawings.

Preferablythe several doors are frames with glass panels so thatornamental pictures or photographs may be placed therein as indicated.Instead of using the albums G, I may attach a series of photographreceiving cards H, H, to the door by means of hinge straps H as shown inFig. 5, which are of successively greater width so that all of theleaves can be folded or banked one upon the other when closed as shownin the figure.

The case is mounted upon a central post I preferably of metal tubingwhich passes through central opening in bottom A and engages a collar orsupport in center of top A or may pass through said top and be securedby a collar or coupling a as shown, so that the case cannot be liftedofi the post, and a collar I beneath bottom A supports the case on thepost but permits it to be readily revolved thereon. The post issupported on legs J, J, attached thereto as followsz-The lower end ofthe post is screw threaded and a nuti is placed thereon. Then twosimilar but opposite metal disks or castings K, K, are slipped thereon;these castings have angular radial grooves K K in their meeting facesadapted to receive the upper angular ends J of legs J, so that when thecastings are bound together they clamp and secure the ends of the legsbetween them as shown. The castings are bound together by means of a nut'i and a nut z" screwed on the lower end of post I after the castingsare slipped thereon and the legs engaged therewith. The angular form ofthe grooves and end of legs prevents the latter turning and forms asubstantial connection between the parts which can be quickly puttogether or taken apart. Interlocking tongues or grooves j, may be madein the ends of the legs and sections as shown in the figures to furthereffect the rigid locking of the parts together. A tube L may be screwedor secured to the upper end of post I, and an adjustable lamp supporttube 1 be placed therein to carry alamp, gas jet or electric light, ifdesired, thus making a complete stand and lamp support combined.

All parts may be finished off in any manner desired, and the legs andpost and connections thereof may be hidden by metallic coverings ifdesired.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent thereon, is-

The within described stand, consisting of a tube I having ascrew-threaded lower end, castings K K fixed thereon between nuts 01,'11, legs J J clamped between said castings,a collar I near the upperend of the tube, the revoluble case A resting thereon, constructedsubstantially as described, and the tube L fitted on tube I above thecase, and the tube Z telesc0p ing with tube L, all substantially as setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I afiix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE J. KRAUSl-IAAR.

lVitnesses:

DAVID Z. HERB, E. L. HERB.

